Meet the Founder: Dearbump – Seedrs Insights

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Dearbump is an award-winning being pregnant subscription service offering merchandise and data tailor-made for every stage of being pregnant and assist the transition into parenthood. They’ve developed what they imagine is the UK’s first company parental wellbeing programme, which mixes their pregnant subscription bins with their new wellbeing expertise, that features computerized check-ins and digital help all through being pregnant, maternity go away and the transition again into the office.

With 54,000 pregnant girls leaving the office yearly, they’re effectively positioned to unravel an enormous drawback for companies who’re discovering it more and more troublesome to draw and retain feminine expertise.

Since launch Dearbump has gained 2 awards, thrived throughout the pandemic and are at present in dialog with 2 multinational companies who’re thinking about implementing this programme. At the moment elevating on Seedrs, we sat down with Founder Emma Jarvis to listen to extra.

Are you able to inform us a bit about your profession thus far and what introduced you to start out your individual enterprise?

My first diploma was in chemistry on the College of Warwick, after graduating I labored in Unilever analysis and improvement the place I revealed 5 patents in my first yr after commencement. I attempted to get publicity to as many various areas as potential inside R&D, from client perception, to product improvement to processing and overseeing manufacturing facility degree scale up.

After being very unprepared for my first beginning and feeling unsupported by my office, I made a decision to go away, and examine an MBA and graduated with distinction, I then based dearbump to make sure different girls didn’t have the identical expertise that I had. After founding dearbump I obtained a scholarship to coach in fullstack javascript at Northcoders in Manchester, since then I’ve been working in numerous salesforce roles over the previous three years, the place I turned an authorized salesforce developer. I’ve used my expertise in R&D to develop a few of my very own merchandise which helped to cut back prices of our highest priced merchandise. I’ve used my tech expertise to construct the wellbeing programme which is able to assist me scale within the company market.

How did you give you the concept for Dearbump and what’s it?

I felt very unprepared for my first beginning and after I was on maternity go away, I felt very unsupported by my office. After deciding to go away my job, I based dearbump as a month-to-month being pregnant subscription field tailor-made to every stage of being pregnant to make sure different girls didn’t have the identical expertise that I had. I wished to ensure girls had the correct assist on the proper time, with the correct data and help to assist by way of morning illness, and preparation for the beginning. I additionally wished to advertise optimistic wellbeing which is why every field has a product to help wellbeing and mindfulness. 

How does Dearbump assist girls with their careers?

Our new programme permits companies to assist girls entry the help by way of our bins in addition to digital wellbeing help. We keep involved with girls all through being pregnant, maternity go away and the return to work, which is the place a variety of anxieties lie.

Many ladies obtain no contact in any respect from companies throughout maternity go away, after which instantly they’ve to return to work they usually really feel very anxious and scared, particularly if they’re nonetheless recovering or have had a traumatic expertise that they really feel embarrassed to debate with their supervisor. We provoke troublesome conversations and ensure girls really feel supported, all through this time. For instance 33% of ladies categorical milk within the work loos, these are conversations we could have with workers and employers to be sure that each girl has someplace appropriate to specific milk at work.

Our purpose is to work with companies who genuinely care about their workers and need to put money into them. By working with us, it reveals they’re prepared to put money into girls and help them by way of this time, so it additionally helps girls recognise one of the best household pleasant companies to work for.

What a part of Dearbump’s journey are you most pleased with?

There’s so many. We began with being pregnant bins and constructing consciousness was so troublesome. Final yr one Instagram submit just about turned us into an in a single day success. It utterly validated the concept, everybody was saying “I want i knew about this after I was pregnant, and I want i discovered this sooner” which was superb, we had so many requests to proceed the bins post-birth so we expanded our providing to incorporate submit beginning bins too. We now have dearbump and pricey mama subscriptions.

And the truth that i’ve constructed it utterly bootstrapped and alongside my full time job, while elevating two boys.

What’s arising for Dearbump within the close to future that you simply’re enthusiastic about? 

We’ve listened to our clients and are continuously bettering our providing, and one of many issues that retains arising is help for dads. We’ve some thrilling plans for this! Getting into the b2b market can even allow us to supply help to all mother and father, not simply mums.

A number of private ones:

If you’re not working, what do you do in your spare time?

Elevating a household, instructing myself guitar and I additionally play piano, we additionally like board video games, puzzles and that i’m an old style Nintendo nerd.

What has been your greatest lesson in being an entrepreneur?

That I can actually get by way of something. The more difficult you assume one thing is the extra you’ll be taught. Don’t ever assume you possibly can’t do one thing, even when it’s engaged on one thing for an hour every week, it’s getting you one step nearer to your purpose.

In the event you may give some recommendation to your youthful self, what wouldn’t it be?

Consider in your self.

Dearbump is over 135% funded, elevating £135ok from 132 traders. In the event you’d like to hitch them, go to the pitch now.